Analects 14.19
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN 憲問第十四
公叔文子之臣、大夫僎、與文子同升諸公。子聞之曰、可以爲文矣。
1. The great officer, Hsien, who had been family-minister to Kung-shu Wan, ascended to the prince's court in company with Wan.
2. The Master, having heard of it, said, "He deserved to be considered wan (the accomplished)."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 叔shūuncle; father's younger brother
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 臣chénminister, statesman, official, vassal
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 僎zhuàncollect
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 爲wèido, handle, govern, act; be
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 14.14
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Analects 5.19
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi Horses' Hoofs
- Analects 5.18
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